title: Intracerebral arteriovenous fistulas associated with intraparenchymal varix in childhood: case reports.
abstract: This report describes three children, each of whom developed an unusual malformation consisting of one or more intracerebral arteriovenous fistulas and a large intraparenchymal venous varix. Their clinical symptoms were similar to those produced by aneurysms of the vein of Galen: increasing head circumference, seizures, hemorrhage, and developmental delay. We treated each child with endovascular embolization and/or surgery and obtained complete closure of all fistulas without mortality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Barnwell
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Ciricillo
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Halbach
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Cogen
mesh_terms: D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011859:Radiography; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging